Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . ate of West Virginia) about 1768. His eldest son,George, the great-grandfather of the subject of thissketch, was Colonel of a regiment in the Revolution-ary Army, and in Washingtons campaigns won rankand reputation. In 1788 Colonel George Jacksonwas elected a member of and represented theNorth-Western District of Virginia in the conven-ticn which ratified the Constitution of the United 43° UNIVERSiriES AND THEIR SO
Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . ate of West Virginia) about 1768. His eldest son,George, the great-grandfather of the subject of thissketch, was Colonel of a regiment in the Revolution-ary Army, and in Washingtons campaigns won rankand reputation. In 1788 Colonel George Jacksonwas elected a member of and represented theNorth-Western District of Virginia in the conven-ticn which ratified the Constitution of the United 43° UNIVERSiriES AND THEIR SONS States, and subsequently represented this Districtfor several terms in Congress. His son, John , was the first District Judge of the North-Western District of Virginia, serving from 1819until his death in 1825. John Jay Jackson, thefather of the present bearer of the name, a graduateof West Point in 1818, served on the staff ofGeneral Andrew Jackson, resigning in 1823. Hewas Prosecuting xXttorney for twenty-five years, forthe County of Wood, State of Virginia, and for fiveyears was a member of the Legislature from thesaid county. The maternal grandfather of John. J. J. Jay Jackson, the late Hon. Jacob Beeson, wascommissioned by President Monroe, in 1819, thefirst United States District Attorney of the WesternDistrict of Virginia, a position he filled until hisdeath in 1823. John Jay Jackson, Jr., received hisearly education in private common schools, andwas prepared for College by the Rev. Festus Hanks(Princeton 1S29). He entered Princeton in theSophomore class in 1842, was selected as one oforators of his class at Commencement, and gradu-ated in 1845. After studying law with his fatherand with Judge John J. Alden, of the SupremeCourt of Virginia, he was admitted to the Piar in1846, and the following spring began the practiceof his profession in the Courts of Western Virginia. In 1S48 he was appointed by the County Court ofWirt county the first Prosecuting
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